Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox It was one of the thankfully rare moments when the ruthless violence of organised crime spills over into everyday life.
During a heatwave in the summer of 2018 three balaclava-clad gunmen ambushed dad-of-two Luke Graham outside a house in Ashton-under-Lyne and shot him dead.
Nearby little girls in princess dresses were playing in the street enjoying the sunshine. Graham, a small-time drug dealer not long out of prison, had, in the words of Det Chief Insp Liz Hopkinson, stepped on the wrong toes.
Alongside an associate and former prison-mate , Graham, nicknamed 'Tank', was selling drugs in the area, undercutting the prices of the more
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